Thomas-O’Donel G O F Captain 4th Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas-O’Donel G O Captain MC

Source : The Sphere 7th Aug 1915

Thomas-O’Donel G O’D Captain 4th Royal Fusiliers

Lieutenant George O’Donel F. Thomas O’Donel, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. He is mentioned in despatches, and is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Donel, of Newport House, Newport, Co. Mayo, and grand-nephew of the late Sir George C. O’Donel, Bart. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and entered the Royal Donegal Artillery Militia as Lieutenant, from which regiment he was gazetted to the Royal Fusiliers, in which he is now serving. He was married last week at Kensington to Violet, only daughter of Mr. George Claude Braddell, of Newlands, Ferns, Co. Wexford. He is a keen sportsman, and when stationed in Mullingar was well known in the hunting field.

Source : Our Heroes Mons To The Somme August 1914-July 1916

Thomas-O’Donel G O’D Captain 4th Royal Fusiliers

THOMAS-O’DONEL, GEORGE O’DONEL FREDERICK, M.C., Capt. and Adjutant, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only 8. of Edwin Thomas-O’Donel, of Newport House, Newport, co. Mayo, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Melicent Agnes, dau. of Capt. Richard Annesley O’Donel; b. Dublin, 21 Oct. 1884; educ. Cheltenham College, and abroad; joined the Royal Donegal Artillery Militia in 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Royal Fusiliers, 23 May, 1906; promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1909, and Capt. 26 Nov. 1914; appointed Adjutant, 15 Jan. 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. Capt. O’Donel was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 19 Feb. 1915]; and was twice mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 18 Feb.. 1915]. Brig.-Gen. McMahon, commanding the Brigade, wrote on 5 Nov. 1914: “I think the Battn. has done very well out here, and I hope it will continue to do so. George is going strong and is fitter than when he started, and  can claim a very large share in producing such good results as may have been attained”; and Col. Hely-Hutchinson wrote: “I cannot tell you what a shock the whole thing has been to me, we were the closest of friends, we slept together, we fed together, we rode together, and we fought together, and we never had a row for seven months, and the only time we had been separated, George goes and gets killed, and I get off. It is too sad after all the months he had been out and the good work he had done. I myself got a small touch of a shell on the head and have come home for a bit, thank God, as I don’t think I could have carried on any longer out there without George and the rest- we lost six killed and nine wounded officers, and I had no heart and was just tired out and so was George, he just went on till he dropped.

Major F. R. Mallock: “His death is a great loss to his country and the regt.-he served so gallantly and so well; there are few of us left who went out with the Battn., George was the only one of the combatant officers left after the fighting at Ypres. I had a great affection and admiration for him, he did work splendidly right through.” Brig.-Gen. Reginald Pinney, formerly commanding 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, also wrote to the late Capt. Thomas O’Donel’s father: “I am most distressed for you and his mother at George’s death-also for the regt. and the army, for he was fulfilling all the promise he showed when he joined; seeing his name gave me a special shock, for I had just heard of my getting a division, and had been talking of Staff and had hoped to get George appointed a G.S.O.” He m. in London, 26 Nov. 1914, Florence Violet (Newlands, co. Wexford), only dau. of George Claud Flood Braddell, of Newlands, co. Wexford, and Luckington, co. Wilts; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

Thomas C H Captain 2nd South Staffs Regiment

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Thomas C H Captain 2nd South Staffs Regiment

THOMAS, CHARLES HERBERT, Capt., 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., only child of Howard Thomas, of 10, Westminster Palace Gardens, S. W., by his wife, Ethel, dau. of the late William Baker, of Sneyd Park, Bristol, and grandson of the late Charles Thomas, of Stoke Bishop, Bristol, J.P., D.L.; b. Charton, Henbury, co. Gloucester, 25 April, 1880; educ. at Clifton; Abbotsholme, and Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Somerset L.I., 21 April, 1900, from the militia, and promoted Lieut. 16 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1909. He served in the South African War, 1899-1901, with the Somerset L.I., receiving the Queen’s medal with clasp, and in Feb. 1901, was transferred to the South Staffordshire Regt. then in India; was on leave, 1904-05; at Depôt, Lichfield, 1906-08, and in South Africa 1908-1911, where, in 1909, he was given the command of the Mounted Infantry Coy. of his Regt. then at Harrismith, and returned to Lichfield in 1911. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 11 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was severely wounded in action near Ypres, 27 Oct., and died at the Hotel Crystal Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914. He was buried in the English quarter of the cemetery there. Capt. Thomas was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 18 Feb. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, and his Col. wrote: “I had hoped that your gallant and beloved son might have been the recipient of our most coveted decoration on the strength of my recommendation.” He was an expert horseman and a keen polo player. He m. at Winsford, Exmoor, 4 June, 1912, Dorothy Catherine, only dau. of Philip Everard, of Miltons, Dulverton, co. Somerset, and had issue a son, Charles Richard, b. 15 June, 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Thal M M V Rfn Rifle Brigade

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Thal M M V Rfn Rifle Brigade

THAL, MORRIS MARCUS VAN, Rifleman, No. Z2641, B Coy., 25th Brigade, 8th Division, Rifle Brigade, Interpreter to Commanding Officer, only child of Marcus van Thal, of 91, Addison Gardens, Kensington, employee at the War Office, by his wife, Marie, dau. of Meyer Poole; b. Catford, co. Kent, 10 Oct.1897; educ. St. John’s College, Southend-on- Sea, Brussels, and Hanover, and passed the Senior Cambridge Local Exam., with also oral French and German, 1913; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915. Corpl. Leigh Knight wrote: “I was your son’s section commander, and am very sorry to have to tell you that I myself saw him fall. He was a good soldier, and when we charged he went forward very gallantly. He was killed by a German shell, and it was practically instantaneous death”; and Rifleman E. Allen wrote: “On 9 May we made an attack on Fromelles, where I saw your son carrying a machine-gun into action. I could not say whether he was killed, but I saw him go under, when I was wounded.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

Taylor W W Rfn 604 21st London Regiment

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Taylor W W Rfn 604 21st London Regiment

TAYLOR, WALTER WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 604, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Taylor, Verger and Guide at St. Paul’s Cathedral, by his wife, Clara, dau. of James Fensome; b. Brixton, London, S. W., 19 June, 1888; educ. St. Saviour’s School there; was a Porter in the Goods Department of the S.E. and C. Railway; joined the Surrey Rifles, 1 Aug. 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; being buried there. He m. at St. Paul’s Church, Herne Hill, S.E., 1910, Maud (99, Milkwood Road, Herne Hill), dau. of Ernest Ward, and had two children: Walter William, b. 17 June, 1913, and Maud Ethel, b. 11 Jan. 1911.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Taylor R F 2nd Lt 5th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

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Taylor R F 2nd Lt 5th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

TAYLOR, RONALD FRANCIS, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 4th s. of Alfred Taylor, of Starston Place, Harleston, Norfolk, J.P., by his wife, Anna Enfield, dau. of Septimus Dowson, of Southtown, Great Yarmouth; b. Starston Place, afsd., 29 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s School (Rev. E. L. Browne), Eastbourne; Malvern College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1909); and after a short period as an assistant master at St. Andrew’s School, joined the firm of Oslers, Birmingham; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Shropshire L.I. 28 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915, during the attack on Hooge. He was in command of an advance trench, a shell killing him instantaneously while he was endeavouring to bind up the wound of one of his corporals. Lieut. Taylor was a good athlete, and an all-round sportsman. He was a member of the Malvern College Cricket XI. and a fine shot.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

Taylor M B Pte 7155 3rd Coldstream Guards

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Taylor M B Pte 7155 3rd Coldstream Guards

TAYLOR, MILES BRUNSKILL, Private, No. 7155, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Thomas Taylor, for many years a railway guard on the London & North Western Railway, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Miles Thompson; b. Lancaster, 18 Oct. 1886; educ. Christ Church School, Lancaster; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 26 Feb. 1907. In the Reserve on the outbreak of war he was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; served in France and Flanders, passing unhurt through engagements at Mons, Landrecies, Lowey and Fontenay, but was seriously wounded by shrapnel, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at La Tretoire the same day. He m. at Christ Church, Lancaster, 30 Sept. 1912, Margaret (4, Trafalgar Road, Lancaster), yst. dau. of the late Robert Turner, of Maze Lisburn, Ireland, and had two daus. Hilda Irene, b. 21 June, 1913; and Annie Norah Myles, b. 30 Dec. 1914. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service, and one a munition worker.

Taylor H L/Cpl 9793 1st Essex Regiment

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Taylor H L/Cpl 9793 1st Essex Regiment

TAYLOR, HENRY, L.-Corpl., No. 9793, 1st Battn. Essex Regt., 6th s. of Thomas Joseph Taylor, of 4, Reed’s Bank, Ocklynge Road, Eastbourne, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Mary White, dau. of the late Henry Seward; b. Tottenham, N., 8 June, 1892; educ. West Green Road Board School; joined the Middlesex Special Reserve about April, 1911, and transferred in Aug. following to the 2nd Essex: was sent with draft to Mauritius to join the 1st Battn. in Oct., 1913; left for the Dardanelles on the Caledonia from Avonmouth, 22 Feb. 1915; was appointed L.-Corpl. on the field, died through wounds received in action at the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Taylor C H Pte 1785 15th London Regiment

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Taylor C H Pte 1785 15th London Regiment

TAYLOR, CLEMENT HAROLD, Private, No. 1785, 1/15th Battn. Prince of Wales’ Own (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Francis Taylor, of 6, Church Street, Leominster, Postmaster there, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of the late John Andrew Brewer, of Poulteney Gardens, Bath; b. Chippenham, co. Wilts, 9 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s National School, and Wiltshire County Secondary School, Chippenham; was a Civil Service 2nd Division Clerk in Comptroller and Accountant General’s Department of the G.P.O.; joined the Civil Service Rifles, in March, 1914; was in camp when war was declared on 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and died there, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received from an accidental bomb explosion; unm.

Buried at the Military Cemetery, Noeux-les-Mines. Lieut. Scott wrote that he was wounded on Saturday afternoon at about 3.30 p.m. and that although he lived till morning was unconscious the whole time, and continued: “It may be some consolation to you to know that he was one of the very best soldiers and one of the very best men in my platoon. He was always entirely reliable, and always willing and eager to undertake any job that was going. He proved his worth, especially on night patrols between our lines and the Germans, for which he would always volunteer whenever it fell to our platoon to furnish one. His loss is deeply felt by all his comrades whose admiration and affection he had soon won.” On the day before the accident he wrote to his mother: “The battalion has now done 16 days in the trenches and came out last night, I believe. I left on the 14th day with a small party to come here for a course of four days at a bombing school. Bombs are fast becoming a most important factor in trench warfare, so a good many men are being trained to use them. It is a nice change after a fortnight’s trench life, and very interesting, too.” Private C. H. Taylor, was a keen student of Economics, and in an examination held by the Society of Arts in 1914 he won first place in all England.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

Johnstone D H 2nd Lt Hertfordshire Regiment

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Johnstone D H 2nd Lt Hertfordshire Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT DAVID HARRY JOHNSTONE, Hertfordshire Regiment, was the son of D. Y. Johnstone. He was born in 1881, and educated at Marlborough College.

Lieutenant Johnstone was an accomplished musician. After leaving school he studied at the Royal College of Music. He was one of the first violins in the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society, and he was also a brilliant pianist. Several of his compositions were published in the Stock Exchange Annual.

He was in partnership with his father on the Stock Exchange, having become a member in 1904.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Anti-Aircraft Corps, and later was given a commission in the Hertfordshire Regiment. He had only just joined his regiment when he developed influenza, from which he died on 2 August 1916.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

James E E Lt North Somerset Yeomanry

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James E E Lt North Somerset Yeomanry

L IEUTENANT ERNEST EDWARD JAMES was the eldest son of the Rev. Canon Edward James. He was educated at Charterhouse and St. John’s College, Oxford, and in 1901 became a member of the Stock Exchange.

He was for some years in the North Somerset Yeomanry, but when war broke out he was unfit for active service.

In October 1914 he was given the post of Censor of Foreign Cables at the Central Telegraph Office, which carried with it the honorary rank of lieutenant.

Owing to a serious breakdown in health he was forced to resign this post, and he died on 9th January 1918.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918